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GO Launcher/SMS

I use both GO Launcher and GO SMS as of today....very amazing.
Beats LauncherPro and ADW IMO.
Allows a folder style just like the iphones in the app drawer where you drag and drop apps on apps to make folders. It also allows different app drawer styles....left to right scrolling or top to bottom.
It also has re sizable widgets...just like launcher pro plus.
Its overall the snappiest launcher i've used.
Here's some screenshots of my setup!
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Nope
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I'm definitely looking at those, but they are lacking a bit right now
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Rippley05 said:
I'm definitely looking at those, but they are lacking a bit right now
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I haven't found one thing I DIDN'T like about the launcher.
What don't you?

It isn't much different, does it offer custom docks, swipe gestures, widgets?
Not knocking it at all, its just lacking a bit
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I haven't found one thing I DIDN'T like about the launcher.
What don't you?
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I really like GO SMS, but I'm a huge fan LP+...don't see me switching anytime soon. Plus the dev of LP is planning something huge in the app development. Which I hope is coming soon, with the release of ADW EX.

He's gonna rewrite the app instead of basing it off the android launcher...been at it a long time tho
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I really like GO SMS, but I'm a huge fan LP+...don't see me switching anytime soon. Plus the dev of LP is planning something huge in the app development. Which I hope is coming soon, with the release of ADW EX.
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Yeah, that's what I saw on his webpage...hope it drops soon.

Go launcher is the only one I use as well. Lp is kool but I really like that built in app uninstaller and task stop. Its pretty tight especially on the synergy rom.

I haven't used GO Launcher, but I am using GO SMS right now and I am impressed. It seems to be pretty laggy for me, but that is improving with every update, and that I have now set message limits. Also, the turn on screen pop up function is lacking.

It looks nice...MIUI'ish
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Go sms is crap. It locked up my phone and I had to reboot it.
Sent from my basement.

Still doesn't beat LP or ADW, it lacks everything those two have and the overall layout looks ugly.
Nope.

cawu said:
Still doesn't beat LP or ADW, it lacks everything those two have and the overall layout looks ugly.
Nope.
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have you even tried it..lol

I have paid versions on LP and ADW Ex. I am currently using Go Launcher. It is fast and unobtrusive. I always worry that by adding more features the launchers get bogged down.
I will probably try customizing ADW some more but right now I like Go launcher. I used LP for the longest time before.
People keep requesting more and more features in the Go Launcher thread in the Android Apps section. I actually hope they don't add to much.
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Just gave both a try. I really like the go launcher, but its missing a few things I like. I would like the ability to shrink the dock size and put a custom background. I like the app drawermuch better than lp or ADW.

not too shabby

[POLL] Which Launcher Preference Currently?

Please vote for your favorite.
Digging for current data as to which launchers are the most used. Seems there may have been a shift in the past month or so.

Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.

Not as much of a following for ADW EX as I had expected. Sounded like it was taking off.

CCallahan said:
Wow....more votes for stock/rosie than I would have guessed.
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I really wish it was a way for stock to have 5 options like launcher pro. That would make stock the number 1 launcher. I'm sure it many others who would like to see that one day.

i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!

I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.

BDR456 said:
i like Launcher Pro Plus the best. the way im able to hide icons/notification bar/etc and also do swipe gestures, diggin it!
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I agree but I like sense widgets and launcher pro widgets I just would like to use both like have two facebook and twitter accounts setup one for sense and one for lp. It's like a business setup and a personal setup lol. I just wish stock had the five options in the dock like launcher pro
Noxious Ninja said:
I've been using Launcher Pro Plus ever since it first came out, and haven't really tried anything else. The number one thing that makes it better than stock for me is the scrolling dock.
I would try ADW or Go, but I'm too lazy to set up all my screens again.
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Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.

I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh

Can't vote from my xda app and too lazy to go to actual website (1x at work), but launcher pro plus is my all-time favorite.
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?

I never retired adw besides in cm6 what's different in.the new ex? Does it have anything LPP doesn't have?
CheesyNutz said:
I was a launcher pro fan even bought the app. But since adwex was released I haven't looked back
from my phone duh
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With sense you have to change the dock background the harder way lol, I think the new adw can too
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Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?

CCallahan said:
I would like to hear from someone who has tried most of the launchers.......as to which one is the smoothest. Launcher pro plus is fairly smooth most the time but does lock up on occasion.
Anyone tried a majority of them?
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I have used LP, LPP, Stock, ADW, and ADW Ex.
LP and LPP are smoother than ADW, which is smoother than Stock.
ADW Ex has been the smoothest over all for me tho, I have had zero issues with it.
I haven't heard of Zeam or Go, but the other 2 I have tried i didn't really care for were Panda and Open Home.

CCallahan said:
Is launcher pro the only one that will let you change the dock background? Or can some of the others do this now?
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i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.

nuggyunlimited said:
Lol just back up your settings so when you switch back you can restore it to how it was.
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Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.

I love ADW EX, but he has to implement the ability to change the dock background. The transitions on cm7 are just wicked.
I was a HUGE LP homer until ex dropped, but once the LP re-write is out, if ADW still doesn't have the option to chaneg the background then I'm afraid I'll be going back to LP. The only thing I miss other than that is the bookmark swipe ability..the market has everything else.

bgchz said:
i've been using adw ex for the past month or so, it's fully customizable. and i had just paid for launcher pro plus.. only thing i miss is the calendar widget but other than that, it's super fast, smooth, stable, never force closes, and so on. just a great launcher replacement.
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I'm not crazy about the LPP widgets. There are free ones on the market which are just as good or better in my opinion so can live without those (only ones I even use are calendar and contacts).
One question.....I read from someone that ADW EX doesn't have customizable dock background pics. Is this true?
Noxious Ninja said:
Lol, I mean I like my icon layouts and am too lazy to recreate them in a new launcher.
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I hear ya. Takes some time to set all this up again.

Only 1 day left till the poll expires.
Cast your vote!

Launcher Pro Plus FTW.
I've tried ADW (regular and EX) and while I really, really like the performance and tweaks, I keep coming back to LPP for the speed and widgets.
Hmm. Maybe I'll try EX again, now that I think about it....

CM7 Stock ADW Launcher vs ADW EX

Has anyone on CM7 tried comparing the two launchers to see if there is a overall performance difference?

I find ex faster with more features
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Yea CM7 is a barebones launcher that works similarly to the stock android launcher. I use it but I also own EX which is the daddy of launchers.
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I'm glad someone brought this up. I was just sitting here thinking to myself. I installed CM7 a few months ago but then installed Weapon in October. I found Weapon far smoother. If I go back and install CM7 w/ EX how will that compare to Weapon 3.0?

Scumbag Inc. said:
I'm glad someone brought this up. I was just sitting here thinking to myself. I installed CM7 a few months ago but then installed Weapon in October. I found Weapon far smoother. If I go back and install CM7 w/ EX how will that compare to Weapon 3.0?
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The CM7 experience is always smoother than ANY stock based ROM.

If there's any difference in speed it's unnoticeable, and EX has a ton more features. I love ADW EX, it's my favorite launcher by far.

LordButtersI said:
If there's any difference in speed it's unnoticeable, and EX has a ton more features. I love ADW EX, it's my favorite launcher by far.
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Word
Loving the newest features on recent update.
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I've always used stock adw on CM, however since ex was only $.10 today I went ahead and bought it. It is a lot faster with more options but for the life of me I can't find one option that is in the normal adw. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. In adw ex I can't find the option to have the hidden dock bar. Is that still possible?

jhenson496 said:
I've always used stock adw on CM, however since ex was only $.10 today I went ahead and bought it. It is a lot faster with more options but for the life of me I can't find one option that is in the normal adw. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. In adw ex I can't find the option to have the hidden dock bar. Is that still possible?
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Just swipe up on the default dock
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jhenson496 said:
I've always used stock adw on CM, however since ex was only $.10 today I went ahead and bought it. It is a lot faster with more options but for the life of me I can't find one option that is in the normal adw. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. In adw ex I can't find the option to have the hidden dock bar. Is that still possible?
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It used to be but the latest update killed the hidden dockbar! There is lots of angry comments in the market about it but I can see why he removed it.
Instead of having a normal 5-icon dockbar... and a hidden dockbar (mainly used for tablets) which unlimited icons, he just revamped the app to allow the 1 dockbar to work better.
Right now, the dockbar can have up to 11 icons which is full screen on my Transformer. If I reduce the number of icons, the dock gets smaller to accommodate. I personally don't like it as much as the "always fullscreen hidden dock bar with unlimited icons".
I'm sure he might either add it back in, or put in options to "recreate" the style of the hidden dockbar.

ADW Launcher EX is still on for $0.10 as part of the 10 billion donwloads promotion.

The hidden dock is still available on 1.33.55 all that is needed to access it is simply swiping upwards on the default dock...
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EX all the way
It was a steal yesterday for .10 cents on the market. Adds a ton of features you wouldn't get with the free version.

chris.wueste said:
It was a steal yesterday for .10 cents on the market. Adds a ton of features you wouldn't get with the free version.
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I agree. Was never impressed with the free version so never paid for the full app. After buying it for a dime I'm highly impressed. Still went back to stock launcher because that's what I prefer but am glad I got AWD if I wanna play around with some neat effects.

jhenson496 said:
I've always used stock adw on CM, however since ex was only $.10 today I went ahead and bought it. It is a lot faster with more options but for the life of me I can't find one option that is in the normal adw. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. In adw ex I can't find the option to have the hidden dock bar. Is that still possible?
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You can "hide" the dock bar by removing all icons and making it an invisible picture.
edit: forgot to add the quote. whoops

ADW Ex can act and look just like stock you just have to change the settings.
Instead of 5icons at the the bottom put 3. Even the presets under fast can stop it from doing those crazy pin wheel animations when switch home screens.
ADW Ex as one poster said is the Daddy of Launchers and whoops the rest if you configure it. Especially now you can make your desktop fullscreen and icon dock can appear with just a swip up...now thats money right there.

From my personal experience cm7 is hella laggy and sluggish with the given adw launcher. I always put ADW Ex on my cm7 rom when I have it. A lot quicker and more features.
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Whaaaaaaaaat!? I paid more than that a way time ago!... :-( , yes, its the fastest launcher I've tried before ;-) and also put it inside the roms before install them ;-)
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What is the dock theme that ADW uses for stock CM7? I liked it better than the one s in ADW Ex.

chris.wueste said:
It was a steal yesterday for .10 cents on the market. Adds a ton of features you wouldn't get with the free version.
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Is this ADWLauncher EX you are referring to?
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adwfreak.launcher

Best Launcher?

I'm looking for a free launcher for my rooted Play, I'm currently using 360Launcher.
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Erosinelysium said:
I'm looking for a free launcher for my rooted Play, I'm currently using 360Launcher.
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I have tried ADW, LauncherPro (used for 6 months) and finally used GO Launcher. I have been using GO exclusively for over a year now and love it. Its free and has a ton of add-ons and themes and the GO Team is constantly making updates and improvements. I think there has been like 3 updates just this week alone. Anyway my vote goes to GO Launcher. I use the ICS theme and its pretty sweet, and GO has a ton of performance options.

Definitely Go Launcher

I find GO Launcher to be very sluggish and slow, using FTL or Zeam myself for the speed increase.

I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.

I was always a huge fan of Go Launcher but I got sick of it recently (it occasionally failed to load my widgets after a reboot) and wanted a change.
I'm currently using Nemus Launcher and love it. It has a scrollable dock bar, can resize widgets and is lightweight and silky smooth. I don't miss Go at all.

Magnumutz said:
I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.
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GoLauncher uses almost 30mb for me -_-
It's pretty smooth but not smooth as LauncherPro

ssLauncher for me

Same, I got the pro versions of every launcher (free of course) but the I got go launcher and never looked back
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Im trying to pick one too, GOLauncher seems best so far, now that I see I can be rid of those annoying + signs in the dock. Im using it alongside DesktopVisualizeR to make that whole, magazine page tile look.

I use to use go launcher until I realized how much memory it uses. I swithched to sslauncher which does a lot and uses low memory resources. its really quick too

I use to use GOlauncher, and it was ok, then i switched to ADW Launcher Pro (PAID) and i love it! I am about to try out ssLauncher though its suppose to be 100 times more customizable.

stock launcher..

Thanks guys ^^
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I use zeam and sslauncher, cause they seem to be the lightest ones. The latter is far more customizable, but zeam has gestures. I love the stock look though.. I would've kept it if you hadn't to go deep to reduce the number of screens to 1.

Magnumutz said:
I doubt GO Launcher can be sluggish on an Xperia Play WodgeFTW...
It's got decent RAM and a good processor.
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Actually, I find go launcher needs to be restarted every few hours or so for unless I'm running cm7. The stock roms don't seem to be able to run it well. Also, my ZTE Blade which I bought for £89 off contract has more ram (512mb vs 400mb on the play) was able to run it considerably smoother without needing it to be restarted, and it's really mystifying why Sony decided not to have 1gb in there to begin with.
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I've never decided on a specific launcher, I just can't get used to one before moving to another... I'm using HeLauncher2 right now, but I'm trying to get the Xperia S Launcher on my R800x, it says Missing Shared Library whenever I try to install it though.

brochador said:
stock launcher..
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LOL.. I feel the same bro. I had tried many launchers, but always miss the stock one.
But if i have to choose alternative launcher which is the best, so i never doubt, go launcher is the one...

Launcher 7 for me.
I love the style of Windows phone.
All the tile options allow me to express myself.
My phone is like rainbow at the moment and it is a joy to use.

I've tried ADW, GO, and several others, and I found one that is lightweight and extremely customizable. It's called ZEAM launcher. try it out, it's not even a half a megabyte, if I remember correctly.

So... deleting Xperia Home.apk is probably a stupid idea?

I'd pretty much rather use anything other than Xperia Home, but my main is launcherpro.
It's weird... LauncherPro's damn near abandoned, yet it's still more stable, smooth and battery/resource-efficient than everything normally receiving updates.
...even though I use LP, I notice Xperia Home likes to pop up every now and then just to suck up 15-30MB of my memory. Am I gonna end up causing myself sheer hell if I just rip it outta the system/app folder?

TLRtheory said:
I'd pretty much rather use anything other than Xperia Home, but my main is launcherpro.
It's weird... LauncherPro's damn near abandoned, yet it's still more stable, smooth and battery/resource-efficient than everything normally receiving updates.
...even though I use LP, I notice Xperia Home likes to pop up every now and then just to suck up 15-30MB of my memory. Am I gonna end up causing myself sheer hell if I just rip it outta the system/app folder?
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As long as you have another launcher installed , you can uninstall the xperia home launcher.

Nabeel_Nabs said:
As long as you have another launcher installed , you can uninstall the xperia home launcher.
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Every time i install a new rom i immediately install Go Launcher EX and delete the xperia home launcher

Wow, so there's really no repercussions? ****in' A!

TLRtheory said:
Wow, so there's really no repercussions? ****in' A!
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~None at all! The first time I did this I forogt to set permissions for my launcher since I wanted it to be a system app and still managed to install go launcher via the android market(now google play )

Glad to hear! I quickly wiped it out, rebooted... and thing aren't showing any negative signs
I may even go ahead and wipe out all those obnoxious Xperia Home-only widgets.

Actualy, LP's stability and smoothness is why I stopped using it, it was terrible compared to what I use now. But hey if it works for you! Tbh I wouldn't mind seeing it updated

Can I get a guide on how to make the go launcher and locker load up instead of the normal one?
Like what to backup and where to move it, crud like that.
I've got the ics theme on.both the launcher and the locker for the GO apps.
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brsingr said:
Can I get a guide on how to make the go launcher and locker load up instead of the normal one?
Like what to backup and where to move it, crud like that.
I've got the ics theme on.both the launcher and the locker for the GO apps.
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You can just install go launcher and go locker from the market,
press the home button and choose to always load go launcher.
(and delete the xperia home.apk if you feel like it, for instructions look in my sig, it's the same for GB)
Install go locker, set it up and it just should work right away
You can't realy change lockscreens because part of it is in the sony framework,
all a third party lockscreen app does is sometimes disable the stock lockscreen.

Or you can just 'freeze' it instead of you don't want to delete it
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The Alpha Gamer said:
Actualy, LP's stability and smoothness is why I stopped using it, it was terrible compared to what I use now. But hey if it works for you! Tbh I wouldn't mind seeing it updated
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While I do like LP, I'm open towards the idea that something's better.
Out of curiosity, what do you use now?

TLRtheory said:
While I do like LP, I'm open towards the idea that something's better.
Out of curiosity, what do you use now?
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I used Launcher pro since the OG droid up until two months ago when I switched to the xperia S launcer. There are some features I still miss from LP but the xperia s launcher is sleek an very responsive.

TLRtheory said:
While I do like LP, I'm open towards the idea that something's better.
Out of curiosity, what do you use now?
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Go
When I first tried it I did prefer Launcher Pro, but then it kept freezing and force closing so I moved to Go.

The Alpha Gamer said:
When I first tried it I did prefer Launcher Pro, but then it kept freezing and force closing so I moved to Go.
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Ah okay, Go Launcher was actually a step I took between ditching stock and loving LP.
Haven't used it in a while though so my opinion may change. I could always give it another shot.

TLRtheory said:
Ah okay, Go Launcher was actually a step I took between ditching stock and loving LP.
Haven't used it in a while though so my opinion may change. I could always give it another shot.
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I wouldn't recomend it now if you say LP is smooth and stable for you. IMO Go is getting kinda bloated

I use 360 launcher v3.3 its on XDA somewhere.
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forget about go launcher and its family it's just gaz-machine , I use holo launcher , it's basically ICS launcher for GB with lot of options , you can lock it to memory when you don't play games and unlock it when you do , plus it have a jellybean-like locker called holo-locker witch is just beautiful

sheraro said:
forget about go launcher and its family it's just gaz-machine , I use holo launcher , it's basically ICS launcher for GB with lot of options , you can lock it to memory when you don't play games and unlock it when you do , plus it have a jellybean-like locker called holo-locker witch is just beautiful
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I tried it, couldn't use custom icons. Might as well stick with stock.

The Alpha Gamer said:
I tried it, couldn't use custom icons. Might as well stick with stock.
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what ?? you just have to hold down on an icon and tape "edit" plus it supports all others icon packs now !

I actually prefer the xperia home launcher since it's not on my VZW xplay by default but that's just me i guess.
sheraro said:
what ?? you just have to hold down on an icon and tape "edit" plus it supports all others icon packs now !
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Yeah but the custom icon ONLY shows up on the home screen NOT in the app drawer which IMO makes the custom icon feature useless.